Comments on: Setback for RpK? http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/25/setback-for-rpk/ Space tourism, public space travel, and the beginnings of a new industry Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/25/setback-for-rpk/comment-page-1/#comment-23769 Donald F. Robertson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:05:28 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/25/setback-for-rpk/#comment-23769 It's my suspician that a good part of the reason Kistler won was the presence of Orbital Sciences, Aerojet, and Lockheed Martin on their team. It gave them credibility with NASA, and presumably with potential investors. While this cannot be interpreted as good news, I would note that Lockheed can undoubtedly do the work that Orbital would have done.\ -- Donald It’s my suspician that a good part of the reason Kistler won was the presence of Orbital Sciences, Aerojet, and Lockheed Martin on their team. It gave them credibility with NASA, and presumably with potential investors.

While this cannot be interpreted as good news, I would note that Lockheed can undoubtedly do the work that Orbital would have done.\

– Donald

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